Thiefs find new ways to steal your identity Wrigley Burris

Unemployment benefits are issued as part of a federal and state partnership to provide money to people out of work. State payments are issued on debit cards or to a bank account.But criminals are capitalizing on that system by buying personal information stolen from places such as hospitals, medical offices, schools and retirement programs. They then log onto state websites and file for unemployment benefits. Since the priority is for states to get the money out quickly, they don't wait for an employer to verify the identity of the person applying for the benefits. Victims typically don't find out what's happened until their employer is notified that they are receiving unemployment payments.Federal investigators estimate the unemployment benefits fraud totals about $5.6 billion, which includes schemes where identities are stolen.

This is huge security breach that affects all Americans. This is a horrible tragedy that robs the trust the government has for us not to abuse systems that we had. But its base in a different way people taking out fake unemployment is so bad that it makes the government.